Journal of Ergonomics
Open Access

Department of Family Resource Management and Consumer Science, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India

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• Commentary Article   
  Assessment of Occupational Health Hazards of the Computer Users
  Author(s): Malobika Gagoi* and Mira Kalita
  
  Computers have become an important part of life and are widely used in the office workplace, which provides efficiency, comfort and the ability to carry out work within a short period of time. Practically, computers are standard and necessary device for all the employees engaged in private or in public sectors. Around 90 million adults in the world are using computer on a regular basis. Nearly 60 million people in the world are expected to have eye related problems because of using computer. The study is focused on assessment occupational health hazards and of the computer users and to identify the relationship between occupational health hazards with age, gender and years of involvement. The study was conducted in 110 computer users of four randomly selected institute of Jorhat, Assam. For the purpose interview method and pretested interview schedule was applied. Activity profile inc.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2165-7556.22.12.308

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